“Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.”
Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp. The enumeration of instruments begins the catalog of praise-vehicles; trumpet, lute, and harp represent various musical instruments appropriate for corporate worship. The diversity of instruments suggests that all forms of artistic expression are valid vehicles for praise.
Church Fathers on Psalms 150:3
1. Although the arrangement of the Psalms, which seems to me to contain the secret of a mighty mystery, has not yet been revealed unto me, yet, by the fact that they in all amount to one hundred and fifty, they suggest somewhat even to us, who have not as yet pierced with the eye of our mind the depth of their entire arrangement, whereon we may without being over-bold, so far as God gives, be able to speak. Firstly, the number fifteen, whereof it is a multiple this number…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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